• Identification of a church or para-church organisation serving and located within the recipient community.
• Research about the language community to determine readiness to host a translation project.

• Management of partner responsibilities.
• Fulfilment of the managing and resource partner role (mobilizing resources and supporting local venture partners).

• Connecting all partners within a translation project.
• Liaising with the local coordinator or point-person.
• Mediation between partners or stakeholders who experience conflict.
• Partnership development and team building skills.

• Forms and systems to enable reporting between partners.

• Online guidance, training and knowledge.
• Sponsored internships.

Connections:

• Literacy
• Orthography
• Linguistics

• Ethnoarts training and resources for use within Bible Translation, e.g. music and poetry.
• Finding functional equivalent art forms in your culture to use in the translation of Scripture.

Connections:

• Skills development on Audacity and other related audio software.

• Skills and IT development for loading recorded translations, or similar, onto audio devices.

Connections:

• Skills development for creating and using Bible stories in different areas of life.
• Using Bible stories in Scripture Engagement.
• Using Bible stories with translation groups.

Connections:

• Identification of a Wycliffe Ambassador from among your congregation.
• A continued relationship with your chosen Wycliffe ambassador to share stories, upcoming opportunities and prayer needs with.

• A team of Wycliffe representatives to be part of or lead your church service, including any elements you would like.

• Join us as we Run for the Bible-less.
• Take part in a race or event, e.g. 947 Ride Joburg.
• Hold a fundraising challenge or event.
• Hold an awareness event.
• Invite Wycliffe to join your event or to visit your church or small group.

Connections:

• As a church family, commit to pray for a language group in southern Africa and beyond who are doing Bible Translation.

Connections:

• Support for missionaries; coming alongside you to see how we can help: practical, spiritual, emotional.
  • Guidance and mentoring.
  • Prayer and fellowship.
  • Basic training and counselling services.
  • Logistical support.
  • Sourcing and sending needed items.
  • And more...

Connections:

• Standing together in prayer.
• Intercession for language groups doing Bible Translation.
• Praying for the Bible Translation Movement.
• Adopt a Language.

Connections:

• Do you have a need? Let us know and we can help you source support, resources and/or opportunities.

• Help with the setup of new and old laptops.

• Troubleshooting problems with IT software or hardware.
• Upgrading software.
• Replacing parts.

• Sourcing laptops for your needs.
• Sourcing parts or software for your needs.

• Bible Translation software (e.g. Paratext).
• Keeping your system safe.
• Online storage.

• Help with Paratext questions or problems.

Connections:

• Building skills in the original Biblical languages.
• Applicable for beginners as well as consultants and exegetes.

Connections:

• Ethnoarts workshops.
• Identifying local needs as well as art forms within your community to meet those needs, e.g. music, visual art, dramatic reading, and oral performance.
• Creation of SE through art forms for use in worship, teaching, discipleship, and evangelism.

Connections:

• Using Bible Stories in social settings.
• Training to host an oral Bible study using translated Bible stories.

Connections:

• Work through trauma using Scripture.
• Resources for disaster relief.

Connections:

• Resources and training in various elements of SE.

Connections:

• Tracking budgets and spending across multiple currencies in different countries, using international conversion rates.

• Local monthly field budgets in local currencies.
• 1-year expense budgets.
• 5-year funder budgets in multiple currencies.

• Budgeting software and processes.
• Local field budgets – how to budget for a translation project.
• Support for those using budgets.
• Monthly reporting of expenses.
• How to report back and use field journals / financial records.

(Training for approx. 3 people over 3 days. Computer literacy is helpful)

• Advice and training for other translation organisations as they develop systems for working financially with translation teams across borders.